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CONTENTS
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- CHAP. . . . . . . . . .PAGE
- I. THE USE OF BOOKS IN EARLY IRISH MONASTERIES. . . . .1
- II. THE ENGLISH MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS. . . . .23
- III. LIBRARIES OF THE GREAT ABBEYS—BOOK-LOVERS AMONG THE MENDICANTS—DISPERSAL OF MONKISH LIBRARIES. . . . .45
- IV. BOOK MAKING AND COLLECTING IN THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES. . . . .73
- V. CATHEDRAL AND CHURCH LIBRARIES. . . . .109
- VI. ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: OXFORD. . . . .133
- VII. ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: CAMBRIDGE. . . . .155
- VIII. ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: THEIR ECONOMY. . . . .165
- IX. THE USE OF BOOKS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MANUSCRIPT PERIOD. . . . .173
- X. THE BOOK TRADE. . . . .199
- XI. THE CHARACTER OF THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY, AND THE EXTENT OF CIRCULATION OF BOOKS. . . . .209
- APPENDIX A. PRICES OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS FOR BOOK MAKING. . . . .243
- APPENDIX B. LIST OF CERTAIN CLASSIC AUTHORS FOUND IN MEDIEVAL CATALOGUES. . . . .258
- APPENDIX C. LIST OF MEDIEVAL COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS. . . . .363
- APPENDIX D. LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL REFERENCE WORKS. . . . .286
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